Inchboard Surname

2,979,664th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 43 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Inchboard Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ingebald,' no doubt one of the many compounds of Inge, as in Ingram, Ingold, &c.; compare Archibald, Baldwin.

Willelmus Ingebald, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Emma Inchebald, 1379: ibid.

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Inchboard Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
France111:6,038,429280,838
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England261:937,51438,808

Inchboard Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Ingebald,' no doubt one of the many compounds of Inge, as in Ingram, Ingold, &c.; compare Archibald, Baldwin.

Willelmus Ingebald, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Emma Inchebald, 1379: ibid.

Johannes Hynchebala, 1379: ibid.

Thomas Hinchebald, 1379: ibid.

Inchboard is a curious corruption (imitative like most corruptions) found in the Manchester Directory, 1887.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

INGEBALD: Hugh, son of Ingebald, witnessed the resignation of land in Weremundebi and Anant to William de Bros and his heirs c. 1194—1214 (Bain, I, 606; Annandale, I, p. 1), and one Ingebald held land in Kelso, c. 1200 (Kelso, 354).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Local; from inch, island, and told, a dwelling: "the island home."

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower
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Inchboard Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Inchboard Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Inchboard occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Inchboard? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,979,664th most widespread last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Inchboard live; 74 percent live in Northern Europe and 74 percent live in British Isles.

The surname Inchboard is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England Inchboard is most numerous in: North Yorkshire, where 47 percent are found, Merseyside, where 31 percent are found and Northumberland, where 13 percent are found. Aside from England this surname is found in one country. It is also found in France, where 26 percent are found.

Inchboard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Inchboard has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname expanded 123 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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